Roger Corman has passed away
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The thing I learned from Roger Corman was that not all movies had to be high-concept or visually earth-shaking. Some movies could be purely escapist, gleefully melodramatic, or even outright silly, and still be fun. His movies may have been low-budget and often made at a rapid-pace, but I suspect Corman will still be remembered decades from now,
RIP
Damn. He was just in the Criterion Closet picking out some of his favorite movies. At 98 he was still sharp as a tack. I really thought he was going to reach 100. I'll just echo was @C.E. Evans said and say the Poe adaptation with Vincent Price are some of the best movies he ever directed.
I own the Roger Corman collection of Forbidden World/Galaxy Of Terror/Humanoids From The Deep/StarCrash on blu-ray, plus of course Battle Beyond The Stars. I've seen so many others, mostly in Cinemax in the early 80's.
So many great, cheesy movies.
R.I.P.
So many great, cheesy movies.
R.I.P.
Some people are.
He produced an unreleased Fantastic Four movie apparently.
Best adaptation of the material to date.
I'm glad it eventually surfaced on YouTube, for a while there it looked like we would never get to see it.
did they pay him for the rights for the first one?
Yes, but if I understand correctly, he retained the rights for numbered sequels, which is why we never got any.
I still do.
Even though some of them Roger Corman flicks are far out there and wacky, at least they're not totally sleazy like the Troma flicks. My personal favorite Roger Corman movies are these whether he was director or producer
the early 1990s Fantastic Four movie
the original Little Shop of Horrors movie
Piranha
Space Raiders
Munchies
Carnosaur
Humanoids from the Deep
the early 1990s Fantastic Four movie
the original Little Shop of Horrors movie
Piranha
Space Raiders
Munchies
Carnosaur
Humanoids from the Deep
